Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To show a horizontal line on a monitor indicating no electrical activity in an electrocardiogram or an electroencephalogram.
- intransitive verb Informal To die.
- intransitive verb To be in an unchanging condition.
- adjective Being or relating to an electrocardiogram or an electroencephalogram that demonstrates no electrical activity.
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- noun
asystole ; theabsence ofheart contractions - noun the
disappearance of therhythmic peaks displayed on a heart monitor - verb intransitive (of the heart) to stop
beating - verb intransitive (by extension) to
die - verb To stay at the same level, without development; or, to fall.
Etymologies
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Examples
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The beeping the pilot heard was "flatline" - the long continously beep meaning "you are about to die unless you deploy your canopy NOW" it's the same sound as in heart monitors), which apparently caused him to stop the fast dive, since canopy deployment was logged at 1500 feet :-)
Back at work again - short week ahead! magnio 2008
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Feel free to insert your own "flatline" or "Flatland" joke here although we strongly frown on juvenile and misogynistic humor, so don't even go there, please.
Chris Weigant: Obama Poll Watch -- November, 2010 Chris Weigant 2010
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Feel free to insert your own "flatline" or "Flatland" joke here although we strongly frown on juvenile and misogynistic humor, so don't even go there, please.
Chris Weigant: Obama Poll Watch -- November, 2010 Chris Weigant 2010
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Feel free to insert your own "flatline" or "Flatland" joke here although we strongly frown on juvenile and misogynistic humor, so don't even go there, please.
Chris Weigant: Obama Poll Watch -- November, 2010 Chris Weigant 2010
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Feel free to insert your own "flatline" or "Flatland" joke here although we strongly frown on juvenile and misogynistic humor, so don't even go there, please.
Chris Weigant: Obama Poll Watch -- November, 2010 Chris Weigant 2010
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Feel free to insert your own "flatline" or "Flatland" joke here although we strongly frown on juvenile and misogynistic humor, so don't even go there, please.
Chris Weigant: Obama Poll Watch -- November, 2010 Chris Weigant 2010
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Feel free to insert your own "flatline" or "Flatland" joke here although we strongly frown on juvenile and misogynistic humor, so don't even go there, please.
Chris Weigant: Obama Poll Watch -- November, 2010 Chris Weigant 2010
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Feel free to insert your own "flatline" or "Flatland" joke here although we strongly frown on juvenile and misogynistic humor, so don't even go there, please.
Chris Weigant: Obama Poll Watch -- November, 2010 Chris Weigant 2010
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Feel free to insert your own "flatline" or "Flatland" joke here although we strongly frown on juvenile and misogynistic humor, so don't even go there, please.
Chris Weigant: Obama Poll Watch -- November, 2010 Chris Weigant 2010
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Did they "flatline" with the same % vote as last year or did they go down?
Just How Bad Was It for the LibDems? LibDem Voice Comes of Age 2007
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